Mouthpiece.



E. E. GLAUSSEN.

MOUTHPIEGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1910.

1,007,919. Patented Nov.7, 1911.

Winesses:

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MOUTHPIECE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592,417.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, EDWARD E. CLAUssE-N, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMouthpieces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mouth pieces, and one of the principal objectsof the invention is to provide a simple, light yet strong device of thischaracter which can be inexpensively and rapidly made. Said mouthpiececan be used with advantage in several different connections, although itis primarily intended for employment as a cigar or cigarette holder.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a mold withthe core or mandrel and die therein, the mouth piece being alsoillustrated. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 aresections on the lines 3-4 of Fig. 2 showing the two steps in theproduction of the mouth piece. Fig. 5 is a view of the core or mandrelwith the tubular blank partially formed thereon. Fig. 6 is a detail ofthe blank in its original condition, and, Fig. 7 is a sectional view ofthe finished mouth piece.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

The mouth piece is made from a suitable blank to present a substantiallyconical tube, the small end of the tube being crushed down to hold thetube in shape, such crushing being preferably secured by densifying thematerial at the point indicated. In making the mouth piece a mold as 1may be employed, said mold consisting of sections 2 and 3 hingedtogether at 4c and adapted to be clamped to each other with the bolt 5and nut 6. The sections 2 and 3 have duplicate cavities denotedrespectively by 7 and 8 which when in register present a chamber open atits opposite ends. The cavities 7 and 8 are duplicate, and a detaildescription of one for instance the cavity 7 will apply to the other Thecavity 7 is shown consisting of a frusto-conical portion 9 and a substantially cylindrical portion 10, there being a shoulder or seat 11 atthe junction of the two portions.

The mouth piece may be made from any suitable material, for examplepaper and a segmental blank 12 answers satisfactorily my purposes. Afterthe blank is dampened, it is rotated or curled on itself in lapped orwrapped relation about a core or mandrel 13 to make a tube of paper. Themandrel or core 13 with the tubular blank is then placed in the lowercavity 7 after which the upper section of the mold is closed, and thetwo sections of the mold clamped together as already indicated. The coreor mandrel 13 as shown consists of two adjoining portions 1 1 and 15,the portion 14 being tapered to approximately agree with thetaperedportions of the cavities 7 and 8, while the portion 15 is preferablycylindrical. The cross sectional extent of the conical or taperedportion 14: of the mandrel or core, however, is not as great as that ofthe chamber presented by the mating cavities 7 and 8, and the chamber ofthe cylindrical portion 15 is much less than that of the cylindricalportion 10. With the blank in the mold as set forth, a hollow die orplunger 16 will be slid along the cylindrical portion 15 of the mandrel13 and against the cylindrical portion of the tubular blank on the coreor mandrel thereby crushing down the cylindrical portion of the blank,the concavities 11 and 17 on the mold and plunger respectively ointlyforming a bead somewhat circular in cross section at the tip or smallend of the mouth plece. When the article is dry, the mold will beopened, the core taken out and the mouth piece slipped from the core,the resultant article being a mouth piece of substantially conical form,the small end of which is crushed down.

What I claim is:

1. A mouth piece made from a blank formed on itself to present anapproximately conical tube, the small end of the tube be ing densifiedto maintain the tube in shape.

2. A mouth piece made from a blank to present a substantially conicaltube, the small end of the tube being crushed down to hold the tube inshape.

In testimony whereof I ail-ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD E; CLAUSSEN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. STEELE, FLORENCE E. RILEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

